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Alphonse Pénaud

French engineer (1850-1880).

Born May 31st, 1850 in Paris. [ref]

Died October 22nd, 1880 at 30 years old in Paris. [ref]

Occupations
aerospace engineer, engineer, mathematician

I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner